“I’m sure many readers already have in mind certain art texts that may be made up of technically correct English words and sentences, but ultimately can’t be processed by the reader into anything resembling a rational argument. You may immediately recall particular writers about art who seem to be going for the high score in a game of Scrabble instead of communicating ideas.”
I wrote this for Interpretation Matters, my colleague Dany Louise’s new research and learning project on the good, the bad and the ugly of writing about art. Regular readers of this blog will already know it’s a subject close to my black heart.
http://interpretationmatters.com/?page_id=14
Read some examples of the bad and the ugly here on this blog, under headings like
http://careersuicideblog.wordpress.com/tag/english-lesson/
http://careersuicideblog.wordpress.com/tag/artist-statements/
